Is Your Management Style Built on a House of Cards? Have you ever tried building a house of cards? It is certainly not an easy thing to do and a brand new deck is no good, too slippery. No when it works best the cards need to be well used, well thumbed and a bit… Read More
Managers Managing Manager’s Management Managers Managing Management’s Management Management’s Management Managing Management So many variants, so many things that can be done with the M words! I suppose in one way or another they all mean the same thing, managing the management. I will stop this now, please do read on…
SerialTrainer7 has two main pillars to it’s business, Sales and Management and the latter takes up at least 50% of delivery and coaching for my clients. During every course I take along a selection of books that I think supplement the training and give some extra development to the delegates. The list I present to… Read More
Betrayal: noun “An act of deliberate disloyalty, to be false, to breach confidence, a violation of trust” Ugly word isn’t it? Betrayal. So much venom, poison and dark intentions yet it exists. I am sure that in our good human hearts we would like to believe that no one would set out to betray another… Read More
The world is now engulfed in the phenomenon that is 50 Shades of Grey and, as Grey this new take on the original story is released just in time for the DVD release (handy) and I am continuing to draw parallels between this and management.
Congratulations! You have made a significant step in your career and you have begun taking your first steps into management. Nice job. You can look forward to having your own team; more responsibility and really impacting on the results of the business you work in.
Here’s the situation we have all been in. You are asked by your manager to come into a room for “a quick word“. You both sit down and your manager asks you how you have been and makes a little smalltalk. He or she proceeds to tell how well you have been doing with a certain… Read More
Cracking the Whip – 50 Shades of Management The world is now engulfed in the phenomenon that is 50 Shades of Grey and, as this Valentine’s weekend has been the perfect platform to launch the film. A weekend of love and lust, and a movie about a different kind of love and lust.
Time Management – Focus People! Distractions and Discipline Why is it so hard to manage our time? There are any number of time management courses, tools, tips and techniques available and yet we really struggle. How many of you out there reading this, really should be doing something else that is far more important but… Read More
Teamwork – Bunkers, Goals and a lot of Racquet! So much sport going on right now, Wimbledon, check. World Cup, so last week. Now The Open! OK we might not be winning it all, but hey with a splendid summer in full flow, the sunshine can make everything better. Sunshine provides us with massive doses… Read More
